Sornel Redux

[Gregorus Prime]

Thanks for the compliments. Really, the praise should go to arsheesh because his tutorial is what made this possible. Without that clever method of layering difference clouds to make nice mountainy crests to copy and paste I'd still be using shaped gradients to create rather artificial-looking mountains. And then of course there's Wilbur, so kudos to Joe Slayton for coding that miraculous little program.

I added in forests and some sparse vegetation as well as toning down the contrast on the sea coloration and lowering the opacity of the seashore ("waves") layer, then upped the overall contrast on the map for this picture. I uploaded the old version for comparison. I feel like the old one has a certain character about it that the new one is missing. I can't quite put my finger on what it needs. (I've already ruled out obnoxious glowing text, distractingly gaudy icons, and a "are you kidding me?" marble border and embossed title card, so there's that.)